Mingyuan Zhu
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Mingyuan Zhu
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Plant biologist. Assistant Professor at Texas A&M (Biochemistry & Biophysics). Former postdoc at Duke (Benfey Lab), Ph.D. from Cornell (Roeder Lab), B.S. from Tsinghua.
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Excited to announce our paper is out! Congrats to @pauformosa.bsky.social, @gweissbart.bsky.social, Frances Clark, and Xihang Wang on this fun and beautiful story. We answered a question about the randomness of giant cell spacing that I have had for at least 15 years.
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How are #plant #leaf epidermal cells patterned? @roederlab.bsky.social &co show that the pathway controlling #GiantCell formation in #sepals also controls cell size in #Arabidopsis leaves, via cell-autonomous & stochastic specification @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/491F1qQ
Cell-size patterning occurs as a basipetal wave simultaneously on the adaxial and abaxial sides of the leaf. Cell area heat maps in µm2 of leaf 1 or 2 at different stages of development on the abaxial side (Top Row) and on the adaxial side (Bottom Row) of the same leaf at 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 dpg (half leaf). Unsegmented regions on adaxial leaves correspond to trichomes, which were not considered in this analysis. Each stage is associated with a distinct heat map color range. Scale bars represent 50 µm at 5 and 6 dpg, and 100 µm at 7, 8, and 9 dpg.
November 6, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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Coming this week! @minyaaa.bsky.social @roederlab.bsky.social @naascarabidopsis.bsky.social 🌱 Join us for our upcoming workshop Quantifying Plant Morphogenesis: 4D Insights with MorphoGraphX!
Learn how to quantitatively analyze plant confocal imaging data using MorphoGraphX.
October 20, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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🌱 Join us for our upcoming workshop Quantifying Plant Morphogenesis: 4D Insights with MorphoGraphX!
Learn how to quantitatively analyze plant confocal imaging data using MorphoGraphX.
October 6, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Excited to share that the Zhu Lab will officially open at Texas A&M University on August 1st, 2025!

We’re a multidisciplinary group, exploring how plant roots adapt their growth to environmental stresses across scales. Actively recruiting!

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July 9, 2025 at 11:06 PM